Holiday Pics from Thailand 2008
Sawaddee/Hello from Thailand. Enjoying a life at the moment here under the S-E Asian sun, everything's fine and a lot of things to shoot at. First pic slightly processed, other's more or less as they were from the camera. Hardware same as usual, A200 + Sigma 18-50mm.
This connection at the moment sucks, so only a few starters...hopefully better connection available later. :D
Hope you enjoy them and all comments are more than welcome, thanks for looking. =)
Cheers,
Mika
Sony α200 + Minolta 28mm F2.8 prime + Minolta 70-210mm F4 'Beercan' + Minolta 35-70mm F4 + 18-50mm Sigma EX F2.8 Macro + Sony 18-70mm kit lens





These are excellent.
I like the timeless feel you put into your PP work. All good choices you picked out to show imo.
Love that first shot. It almost looks like a Sepia image with isolated red colors. It works, however you did it.
Carl
-AlphaMountWorld Chef
"Would you care for an hors d'oeuvre, Dr. Seward?"
Thanks Carl, you got it right, it's mostly made to sepia, but left the red alone and increased it's value a bit. Wanted to add some vintage spirit in to it with those nice red thai characters.
Other pic about that same cat, can't choose which one is better, they both got their good and bad things:
Let's continue the series with these one from the Swensen's icecream bar:
Sony α200 + Minolta 28mm F2.8 prime + Minolta 70-210mm F4 'Beercan' + Minolta 35-70mm F4 + 18-50mm Sigma EX F2.8 Macro + Sony 18-70mm kit lens
Here's a few more, we are now at the island named Koh Chang (elephant island), it's warm, sunny and no problems! =)
Sony α200 + Minolta 28mm F2.8 prime + Minolta 70-210mm F4 'Beercan' + Minolta 35-70mm F4 + 18-50mm Sigma EX F2.8 Macro + Sony 18-70mm kit lens
Unfortunately, holidays are over now and just came back to home. One of the best holidays so far, 30 days and about 2800 pics taken. Sigma 18-50mm was a very fine tool for most of the time and when it was too short, the Beercan saved the day.
Here's few samples, thanks for looking and as always, comments are more than welcome.
Mika
Art -series :D :
A roof from a Thai-house
A 'tuk-tuk', Bangkok's 'finest' transportation
A view from a Bangkok's Siam Plaza between the Siam Center and Siam Paragon -shopping malls
Bangkok City
Inside a 'tuk-tuk'
BBQ Bike
Sony α200 + Minolta 28mm F2.8 prime + Minolta 70-210mm F4 'Beercan' + Minolta 35-70mm F4 + 18-50mm Sigma EX F2.8 Macro + Sony 18-70mm kit lens
I don't know how I missed this but to me most of these are outstanding. I really like the 'look' these all have, and it's unusual to see this type of look from a sony shot as well imho. Care to share any details on any pp done on these?
But more than that great job on the the moments you've captured here, the framings, choices of subjects everything. I like these a lot, great work.
Eric
-AlphaMountWorld Chef
Love the additional shots. And I will never tire of cat shots so, fire away here all you want please! :)
Again, excellent work (really like your PP work, has a nice believable thumb print to it ).
Carl
-AlphaMountWorld Chef
"Would you care for an hors d'oeuvre, Dr. Seward?"
Hi Mika,
I remember seeing this thread a while back an can't believe I didn't comment :-( Anyway I really like the very first shot of the cart with the sepia colour to it and the red accents. I also really like the first of the 'art' series - that shot has such amazing colour and saturation to it.
It seems like you had a great time and I look forward to seeing more of your photos from your trip- these first examples are great so keep 'em coming!
Cheers for sharing.
Andrew
Head Waiter: AlphaMountWorld.com
Thanks guys, all comments appreciated. Nice to notice that you liked these shots. About the PP, I use only the Adobe's Lightroom to do the processing, if there's a need. Now I had also the Elements in my computer, so I used that to add the signature and redused a bit the image quality, so it's more suitable for the web use.
Here's something from the archive:
Quite large Buddha made to that mountain
Something for those who like bikes (who wouldn't?)
This was shot mainly, because I think, that it would be a nice wallpaper to my laptop, leaving the left hand side empty for the icons
This was made mainly, because I thought, that it will work as a poster, order is made, will see :)
This one looks like me when it's monday morning at the office :D
Beercan -shot
And finally, more fake art :D
Sony α200 + Minolta 28mm F2.8 prime + Minolta 70-210mm F4 'Beercan' + Minolta 35-70mm F4 + 18-50mm Sigma EX F2.8 Macro + Sony 18-70mm kit lens
One more from the archives, a small girl in a big world, some pp made, first of course color->bw, added some vigneting + contrast and clarity...
Sony α200 + Minolta 28mm F2.8 prime + Minolta 70-210mm F4 'Beercan' + Minolta 35-70mm F4 + 18-50mm Sigma EX F2.8 Macro + Sony 18-70mm kit lens